Folding bed



J. .V. HlCKMAN.

FOLDING BED.

APPLICATION FILED-APR. 18, I918.

Patented Jai1. 3,1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

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FOLD|NG BED.- APPLICATION fILED PR. 18,1918.

1,402,601 I Patgnted Jan. 3,1922.

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avwamtoz I I- Y inkman eye construction 17. a ,Mi i a The rigid front side 5 of the body 3 is pro- Therigid ends 7 and of the body have hinged end pieces 14 connected to them as shown at 15. These hingedend members are folded in the containing body 3 in horizontal; position as shown at the left-hand end of Fig.1 2 of. the drawing, when the device used as a' library'table. However'whenthe device is used as abe'd they extendupwardly as shown at the right hand end of Fig. 2, and;are-'connected to the section ll'of the table top by means of'anordinary 'hook'and Vided with output portions- 18 formed at the upperfcornersthereof and links 19 are piv- 'oted to the "verticalwalls of the cut-out portionsand to the vertical walls of cut-out por- .-tions 20which='are formed in the swinging V front side 21',v thus enabling this latter mem; ber to be swung to lie in a horizontal plane within the body, toaextend downwardlyin parallelism-with the front side 5 or to rest l: o upon and extend upwardly from the upper edge of the front side .5fidepending upon the useto whiohthedeviee' is put. 1

mA'locking pawl 22 is pivotally connected s to the rigid front'side 5 andits lowerend extends through anopening 23 formedin the bottom 4- of the body The {pawl 22 is "provided with a latching ghead 24:;whibhwei1 gages a keeper plate 25 carried by the ,under or inner surf'aceofthe section 10' of the table .7 top, which seotion is providedzwith a recess '26, toareceive the head. A spring 27 is; con-i nected-to the pawl forholding itin-[alocking position and the head 24: of the 'pawllias its upper: surface curved to allow the keeper plate to ridethereoverqduringthe downward movement of thesection 10-while the spring 27,; will cause the pawlto automatically seat" itself in the recess26jand engage the keeper,"

I '25 to prevent accidental upward'rnovement ofthe section 10ofithe top; A suitable guide 28 isprovided forguidingthepivotal movement of the lowe' end ofthe pawl.= The:

' pawl-is moved into an unloeked positionlby manual operation o'f its loweriend projecting through the opening2 3 of thebottonie.

The normally lower rail; 29 of the, swing; ing front side 21' is provided with'a cut out portioni30 to permitof the unimpeded QP-w i "erationjof the pawl 22; a p y When iti's' desired 'to transfor nthe li- 'brary tableas illustrated in Fig. 1' of the drawing into a babysbei-r the locking, pawl 22-is operated to permit the raisingofthe .sectionlO of the tabletop and this section I is folded over so that its normally'uppersun 1 the'two sections are swungupon the hinges face will lie infacial abutment with the upper surface of the section 11' ees which 7 12 to assume vertical position as illustrated in Fig.5 2 iwhereithey arejheld. untiI- fthe' V hinged endsl l areconnected thereto 1 the sections 10 and have be li v elttioally 1 A combined tableand bed;comprisingaretaining j body having rigid sidesand ends, one of 7 said sides being ';:provided,

After positioned, the swinging front side- 21 is swungoutwardly and downwardly toextend along the outer surface of the'lrigid front The ends'la are then moved into side 5.

their vertical positions and connected to the sections. 10 and 11 by the attaching'meansf 17. The bed'is then inconvenient position- Itoirecei-vethe ordinary springs and 'n1at-' tress and during the time that the bed is being made up, the swinging 'front sider 21s is positioned in its outward and downward position. "Afterth'e child hasbeenplaced in the bed,r-the front-sideQl is swung-upwardly so that its normally lower edge 29 will engagethe upperedge oftherigid front side 5- and it'i's connected to the endisection's l by any suitable type ofattaching means indicated at 31 thereby providingrelatively achild from fallingout of'the same;

" The ends 14 and the swinging front-side so a high sides for th'egbed which would prevent 21- are preferably paneled or provided-with l a plurality of (openings 'toTpermii-"air: circulation therethrough.

' if t s so desired, the body as ts as lized as a container for holding the springs and mattresses, when-the ;device;is used as a librarytable or it maybe used forrholding anysuitable type of material nowusually placed in the drawersof library; tables; a Havingthus fully described the invention with w cut out portions at its upper corners,

a] swinging side member having out. out

portions adjacent the first named o t out portions, links, within thefcutout portions pivotally connecting the rigid aside" and the swinging sidememfbers that the latter may foldoutwardly and upwardly-or outwardly and downwardly in, parallelism: with the rigid side, endme1nbers hingedly connected 1 to the inner side oftherigid ends of the body be'bracedby the rigid ends whenxextended,

and means for connecting said-hinged end it portions and said'swinging 'side intheir vertical pos tion, a 4 r 2. A eombinedgtable and l v a ret-aining body having rigid sides and ends, one of said sides being provided with out gout' portrons, at its upper corners, *a

foldoutw ar dlyandiupwardlyyoutwardly and downwardly parallelism "with .the rigid side, or horizontallyr within theiretaining e -y; ten b ns -y e' e t d'etn g I of the opposlteside member; said'itop below their upper edges whereby the lower portions of said endaportions will abut and- ,"qipos ed of aIpairoflhihgemy connected se c- ,Y tio ns adapted to beiin facial abutment one; with anotherwhen !in vertica1 position to form an extended fsidegiafcatch member;

i Ah ingedly carried by the;bppositefjrigid fs'idef of the body, keeper-plate"carried at, the;

- freelend of 'saidhinged top; and; adapted-110i be engaged by said cathtomaintainisaid top in a flat :positio'ri; said I bddy JprQvidedfy said} Opening Y tOSpermit ope'i'ation thereof] ffomfhe exterior ofthe body, end'members I hinge dly cdnneted t0 "the i nner sides of the rigid ends pf'thlebddy below their upper 15 edgesi andmea'ns for connecting the hingedc A Y [side andrendfport ions in vertical position; 1 

